Queen of Icepacks RN

Queen of Icepacks has 45 years experience as a RN.

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1. Contracts for Next SY

   Queen of Icepacks replied to jnemartin's topic in School

   That would be a no for me as well. A couple of years ago I received a contract for more responsibility( only nurse as opposed to assistant) and more time with no extra pay. I came back to them with documentation for similar jobs and the pay range...

2. When to leave school?

   Queen of Icepacks replied to nursex23's topic in School

   Agree completely. If they are not committed enough to you to give you a contract then you need to take care of yourself.

3. Relaxation Room

   Queen of Icepacks replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

   I did create a relaxation room this year. Primarily it is used for our high school students. I have a desk, rocking chair and small couch in the area. I have stress balls and sensory items like lotion in the area. I have purchased a SAD light for...

4. If you have gotten your COVID Vaccine...

   Queen of Icepacks replied to Cattz's topic in School

   I had a very swollen and painful lymph node on the side of the injection. It was bad enough that I was unable to wear a bra for about4 days. My Husband ( MD) said that it is not uncommon and occurs with other types of immunizations as well.

5. If you have gotten your COVID Vaccine...

   Queen of Icepacks replied to Cattz's topic in School

   I had only a sore arm with the first dose of Pfizer. I had the second dose last Friday. Fever, chills, wicked headache, body aches and fatigue for the first 36 hours. I had a very swollen and painful lymph node under the arm that received the ...

6. COVID-19: Calculating Quarantines/Isolations

   Queen of Icepacks replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

   I have printed out monthly calendar sheets. I have one for each of our students or faculty in isolation or quarantine. I can then write directly on the sheet onset of symptoms, test results and count out the days. It helps me immensely to be able ...

7. COVID-19: Antibody testing vs Positive Test

   Queen of Icepacks replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

   I had a case just before Christmas that the positive test was 97 days before the exposure. Because it was so close I did ask the DOP for a decision and they said that we had to quarantine the individual.

8. Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

   Queen of Icepacks replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

   Or aftercare!

9. Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

   Queen of Icepacks replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

   Our City has a very nice Student symptom decision tree that was developed by one of the local Universities. They have a version that is easy to follow for non medical people which we have published in our School COVID handbook. I have printed a sta...

10. Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

    Queen of Icepacks replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    I do feel compassion for the parents but help us out. I just sent a student home with sore throat and stomach pain. Mom argued that his throat is sore because he forgot his daily Zyrtec and stomach hurts because he did not eat enough with his ADD m...

11. Setting up school clinic

    Queen of Icepacks replied to MichMom's topic in School

    Hands down the most useful thing that I did to prepare for this year was the Johns Hopkins tracing course.

12. Vague Absence Notes of illness

    Queen of Icepacks replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    One of the teacher just mentioned that snow days are a thing of the past. I don't think that the students have realized this yet.

13. Holiday Travel and Mandatory Quarantining?

    Queen of Icepacks replied to Queen of Icepacks's topic in School

    I wish we did too. It is so much better when it is a State or county mandate. I feel in those cases we can just state that it is a rule and not up for debate.

14. Holiday Travel and Mandatory Quarantining?

    Queen of Icepacks posted a topic in School

    Is anyone requiring families/staff to quarantine after travel?

15. Just a vent- BIG parties over the weekend

    Queen of Icepacks replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    We had a discussion about going remote for 2 weeks after Christmas and decided that our Families would just travel for an additional 2 weeks.